COA Product ID doesn't work on restore

The product ID from the original COA does not work. I
had started the restore process prior to discovering
that. Is there a way to get back to the product ID
stored in the registry?

The ProductID is not what's needed, you need the ProductKey. What =
restore process are you talking about that requires a ProductKey, a =
Recovery or Restore disk supplied by the OEM?
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If you need the product key and have not formatted your drive, MVP =
George Gedye has an app that will pull it from the registry for you.
http://www.mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/

Click on Software, click on Applications, scroll down to RegInfo ver3.

Your ProductID and Product Key can be found in the registry. Go to =
Start Run, type in: regedit and hit enter. Navigate to:
Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion
Click once on CurrentVersion, the name not the +, and scroll to =
ProductID or ProductKey in the right pane.

If you can't boot Win98, but haven't formatted the system drive, then =
boot with a startup floppy or to a command prompt and run either of =
these:
C:\Windows\command\Find /I "ProductKey" c:\windows\system.dat
C:\Windows\command\Find /I "ProductKey" c:\system.1st
If these steps aren't possible (you already formatted it), US customers =
can contact Microsoft at: 1 800 642-7676. They will issue
retail and OEM product keys after verifying data located on the W98 CD.


--=20
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn.


"Brad" wrote in message =
...
The product ID from the original COA does not work. I=20
had started the restore process prior to discovering=20
that. Is there a way to get back to the product ID=20
stored in the registry?=20

I keep getting "FIND: Incorrect MS-DOS version"

I made the boot disk from my XP machine.

-----Original Message-----
The ProductID is not what's needed, you need the
ProductKey. What restore process are you talking about
that requires a ProductKey, a Recovery or Restore disk
supplied by the OEM?

If you need the product key and have not formatted your
drive, MVP George Gedye has an app that will pull it from
the registry for you.
http://www.mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/

Click on Software, click on Applications, scroll down to
RegInfo ver3.

Your ProductID and Product Key can be found in the
registry. Go to Start Run, type in: regedit and hit
enter. Navigate to:
Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVers
ion
Click once on CurrentVersion, the name not the +, and
scroll to ProductID or ProductKey in the right pane.

If you can't boot Win98, but haven't formatted the
system drive, then boot with a startup floppy or to a
command prompt and run either of these:
C:\Windows\command\Find /I "ProductKey"
c:\windows\system.dat
C:\Windows\command\Find /I "ProductKey" c:\system.1st
If these steps aren't possible (you already formatted
it), US customers can contact Microsoft at: 1 800 642-
7676. They will issue
retail and OEM product keys after verifying data located
on the W98 CD.


--
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is always more
to learn.


"Brad" wrote in
message ...
The product ID from the original COA does not work. I
had started the restore process prior to discovering
that. Is there a way to get back to the product ID
stored in the registry?

.

That doesn't answer any of my enquiries! Please explain in detail =
exactly what you are attempting and why.

--=20
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn.


wrote in message =
...
I keep getting "FIND: Incorrect MS-DOS version"=20
=20
I made the boot disk from my XP machine. =20
=20
-----Original Message-----
The ProductID is not what's needed, you need the=20
ProductKey. What restore process are you talking about=20
that requires a ProductKey, a Recovery or Restore disk=20
supplied by the OEM?
=20
If you need the product key and have not formatted your=20
drive, MVP George Gedye has an app that will pull it from=20
the registry for you.
http://www.mvps.org/PracticallyNerded/

Click on Software, click on Applications, scroll down to=20
RegInfo ver3.

Your ProductID and Product Key can be found in the=20
registry. Go to Start Run, type in: regedit and hit=20
enter. Navigate to:
Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVers
ion
Click once on CurrentVersion, the name not the +, and=20
scroll to ProductID or ProductKey in the right pane.

If you can't boot Win98, but haven't formatted the=20
system drive, then boot with a startup floppy or to a=20
command prompt and run either of these:
C:\Windows\command\Find /I "ProductKey"=20
c:\windows\system.dat
C:\Windows\command\Find /I "ProductKey" c:\system.1st
If these steps aren't possible (you already formatted=20
it), US customers can contact Microsoft at: 1 800 642-
7676. They will issue
retail and OEM product keys after verifying data located=20
on the W98 CD.


--=20
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is always more=20
to learn.


"Brad" wrote in=20
message ...
The product ID from the original COA does not work. I=20
had started the restore process prior to discovering=20
that. Is there a way to get back to the product ID=20
stored in the registry?=20
=20
.

wrote:

I keep getting "FIND: Incorrect MS-DOS version"

I made the boot disk from my XP machine.



Trying to run the FIND command from the DOS prompt?
If the error message is correct, then run PATH and
then SET PATH to remove reference fo c:\[name of
MS-DOS folder] since the command interpreter is from
Win98 and is expecting the Win98 FIND executable. If
unsure of how to work around the Windows environment,
do not attempt.